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Here come Linux’s iPad clones

You can pre-order an Apple iPad starting today, March 12th, but seriously, do you really want to? I mean, I get why you’d want an iPad. I’d like one too. But, when I consider that there are soon going to be literally dozens of cheaper, Linux-powered iPad devices on the market, I find it a [...]

March 12th, 2010 | Category: Apple, Ebook, Entertainment, Infrastructure, Linux, Mac OS X, Operating System | 2 comments

Anything the iPad can do, Linux can do better.

The Apple iPad has finally arrived, and, as I predicted a while back, it’s really just a big iPod Touch. That’s great. I love my iPod Touch. But, really, is there anything here that Linux can’t do just as well for less money?

Now, I do think that the iPad might be a game-changer. But, I [...]

January 27th, 2010 | Category: Apple, Ebook, Entertainment, Google, Infrastructure, Laptop, Linux, Mac OS X, Operating System, SmartPhone | Comments are closed

Archos 5: The Linux Internet tablet for everyone

I honestly didn’t expect much from the Archos 5 Internet tablet. I was wrong. This Android Linux powered device is more than just another would-be iPod Touch competitor; it’s a powerful touch computer in its own right.

The Archos 5 is a do it all hand-held device. While it’s no iPhone, it does everything else. Personally, [...]

September 15th, 2009 | Category: Entertainment, Linux, Operating System | Comments are closed

Much ado about nothing or Apple TV

Yesterday’s Apple announcements had analysts and fans alike drooling at the possibilities of a tablet-sized Apple iPod Touch, others saw a Web browser and iPhone/iPod applets for the Apple TV, and there was the eternal rumor of a Blu-Ray DVD being added to the Apple TV. In the event, there was, drum roll please, no [...]

September 10th, 2009 | Category: Apple, Business, Entertainment, Media Extender | Comments are closed

The affordable Mac

The conventional wisdom is that Macs are expensive. Microsoft ads make a big deal about how much more computer you can get for the money. Nonsense. Actually, you can get a perfectly good Mac for cheap: the Mac mini, which can do everything its bigger, more expensive, brothers do for a lot less.

The bottom of [...]

August 25th, 2009 | Category: Apple, Desktop, Infrastructure, Mac OS X, Media Extender, Operating System | One comment
 
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